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New Opening: We're seeking a paid intern to cover the 2027 Texas Legislature. A perfect opportunity for students who are finishing their schooling, you'll work with Politics Editor Justin Miller to get hands on experience in political/policy journalism. texasobserver.org/2027-legis…
Presenting the November/December 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover story by @CandiceBernd. Cover photograph by Jordan Vonderhaar.
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ALT The November/December 2026 issue of our magazine features a photo of nuclear-power equipment under construction in a mostly bare warehouse hung with Texas and U.S. flags. A construction worker is welding the shell of a miniature nuclear reactor. A metal Dewar flask sits in the foreground. Headline: Going Nuclear, Startup companies promising clean energy are striking a Faustian bargain with AI data centers, by Candice Bernd. Other headlines: The Adoption Trap II by Sandy West, Communism's Cowboy Canon by Michael Agresta.
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Funding for drug rehabilitation programs has not kept pace with inflation in the past decade, and Texas hasn’t asked lawmakers for money to expand these programs, even as need grows and the agency says it is trying to offer programming to more prisoners. texasobserver.org/surge-pris…
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“This is happening all over the country.”
New from @psskow, via @insideclimate and @ExpressNews: In Texas, suburbs have sprung up where oil pump jacks once bobbed. Homebuyers don't always know until it's too late. texasobserver.org/abandoned-…
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It really shouldn't be this hard for me to figure out who sent a piece of mail
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Small update re: the Texas Transgender Student Union mailers.
Snailworks, the company that provided mail tracking services for the mailers, denies sending them but will not disclose who hired them. The NRCC spent $4,677 on Snailworks on 8/27/26. TTSU was created days later.
"I still do not know how a government form recorded the 'spoken' answers of a man without speech, & at the end of that process, a judge set bond at $10,000 for a man who could not have asked for a lawyer even if his life depended on it. In a way, it did." texasobserver.org/cash-bail-…
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We're seeking a paid intern to cover the 2027 Texas Lege. If you want hands-on experience in political/policy journalism, apply by October 30. 20/hours per week and located at our Austin office: texasobserver.org/2027-legis…
Congressman Brandon Gill’s proposals follow the anti-immigrant MAGA playbook: scapegoat, constrict legal pathways, eliminate birthright citizenship, and outright ban migration from certain countries. Now he's eyeing a top oversight role. texasobserver.org/brandon-gi…
Out today: “[Ken] Paxton is such a clear target for [James] Talarico; there is so much available to criticize when it comes to abortion rights. But candidates are not seizing these moments. It feels like such a wasted opportunity.” texasobserver.org/talarico-h…
New: South Texas voters who embraced Trump two years ago have largely soured on the two-term president, and many of them are now smiling on a Tejano music star who’s running for Congress as a Democrat, according to a new poll. texasobserver.org/poll-bobby…
“This is a crisis that ends in death. It is necessary for our candidates to be brave, bold, and direct about abortion rights.”
New from @TumaTime: Why are so many Democrats keeping silent about what was once a key issue for the party? texasobserver.org/talarico-h…
From August: “I have to say, I voted for Greg Abbott, and I had to learn that that was the wrong choice, so that other people can admit it too.” texasobserver.org/gina-hinoj…
A “Community Shrine” invites visitors to leave a photo of a loved one. Below it sits a chair with a sign: “Reserved. In memory of the millions of lives lost to genocide & violence by ICE & inhumane immigration policies.”
No one is allowed to sit there. texasobserver.org/houston-li…
Out today: "My job is mostly to point out how and when the system fails, and for that reason I think it is equally important to say so when the system gets something right, but the fight is not finished." texasobserver.org/cash-bail-…
“These actions do not signal an agency trying to pause.”
From @DylanBaddour at @insideclimate: Regulators in Texas did not stop processing permits for data center projects when Gov. Greg Abbott publicly ordered a pause last month. texasobserver.org/texas-cont…
New today from Reagan E. Thomas: If Ken Paxton succeeds in forcing Harris County to vacate a court order protecting the poor, the courts could be flooded with so many low-income defendants that they'd need to construct a new jail. texasobserver.org/cash-bail-…
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The "Texas Transgender Student Union" that sent out mailers, which have become a major controversy among Republicans, is a real organization — but it was only formed in September in Wyoming as an LLC and is entirely separate from TENT, the organization marketed in the fliers.
“Rural voters are a huge part of the electoral firewall that the GOP maintains in Texas. For Democrats to be successful at the top of the ticket, they need Democratic candidates running competitive races down ballot all over the state.” texasobserver.org/west-texas…
Top story: In the modern age of politics, where Congress doesn’t actually engage in much lawmaking, and where most activity is centered in committee hearings, C-SPAN grandstanding is the coin of the realm. texasobserver.org/brandon-gi…